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KIWANIS CHILDREN’S FUND VOLUNTEERS
Kiwanis Children’s Fund Board of Trustees
Kiwanis International’s fundraising arm, the Kiwanis Children’s Fund, elects a Board of Trustees to oversee its administration. Among the board’s responsibilities:
- Implement the Kiwanis International mission, which is to serve the children of the world.
- Develop and implement a strategic plan for the Children’s Fund.
- Ensure the stability and growth of Children’s Fund corpus funds by cultivating and soliciting financial gifts, as applicable, from individual Kiwanians and friends, businesses and foundations.
- Monitor and distribute funds from fundraising programs for grants worldwide.
Ambassadors and district chairs
In each Kiwanis area and district, specific Kiwanis members spread awareness about the Children’s Fund and assist fundraising efforts among their fellow members.
Area | 2024-25 Ambassadors | Districts | 2024-25 District Chairs |
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Asia Pacific | Efi Taylor | Nepal Philippine Luzon Southern Philippine |
Vacant Lanie Mendoza Cristy Sebastian |
Asia Pacific | Vacant | Japan Malaysia Taiwan |
Takao Nagoya Vacant Vivian Tsai |
Asia Pacific | Vacant | Australia Korea New Zealand-South Pacific |
Bob Sitters Vacant Vacant |
Europe | Christian De Maesschalck | Austria Belgium-Luxembourg France-Monaco Germany Iceland-Faroes Italy-San Marino Netherlands Norden Romania Switzerland-Liechtenstein United Kingdom |
Günter Thurnher Marie-Jeanne Vandenberghe Patrick Maurel Vacant Óskar Guðjónsson Maurizio Di Profio Sjoerd Timmermans Carl-Erik Thieleman Vacant Daniel Wettstein Vacant |
Latin America | Rodrigo Zuluaga | Colombia Ecuador Panama |
Vacant Martha Andrade Modesta Haughton |
Central USA | Barb Thompson | Kansas Minnesota-Dakotas Missouri-Arkansas Nebraska-Iowa Rocky Mountain Texas-Oklahoma |
Bill Donegan Kathy Welle Tiffany Ermeling Jody Melcher Vacant Paul Heinz |
Midwest USA, Eastern Canada & Caribbean | Scott Greenlee | Eastern Canada & the Caribbean Illinois-Eastern Iowa Indiana Michigan Ohio Wisconsin-Upper Michigan |
Melford (Mel) Clarke Ben Probert
Janet Molineaux
Fitz Fitzpatrick
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Northeast USA | Vacant | Capital New England & Bermuda New Jersey New York Pennsylvania |
John Tyner Lindy Falconer Gordon Meth Kimberly Davis Janine Surmick |
Southeast USA | Vacant | Alabama Carolinas Florida Georgia Kentucky-Tennessee Louisiana-Mississippi-West Tennessee |
Colean Black Jon Hethcox Mary-Lynn Desjarlais John Holley Vacant Lenny Simmons |
Western USA & Western Canada | Vacant | California-Nevada-Hawaii Montana Pacific Northwest Southwest Utah-Idaho Western Canada |
Valarie Brown-Klingelhoefer Alida Wright Mike Frucci Vacant David Ferdinand Vacant |